Editing Meleager (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek mythical character}}
{{About|the mythological figure}}
{{Redirect|Meleagros|the genus of beetle|Meleagros (beetle)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| image = Meleager Skopas BM GR1906.1-17.1.jpg
| siblings = [[Deianira]]
| name = Meleager
| offspring = [[Parthenpaios]]
| consort = [[Atalanta]]<br />[[Cleopatra Alcyone|Cleopatra]]
| abode = [[Calydon]]
| deity_of = Prince of [[Calydon]]
| parents = [[Oineus]] and [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]]
}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Meleager''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɛ|l|i|ˈ|eɪ|g|ər|}},<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Wells | first1 = John C. | authorlink1 = John C. Wells | title = Longman Pronunciation Dictionary | chapter = Meleager | publisher = Pearson Longman | year = 2009 | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4058-8118-0}}</ref> {{langx|grc|Μελέαγρος|Meléagros}}) was a [[Greek hero|hero]] venerated in his ''[[temenos]]'' at [[Calydon]] in [[Aetolia]]. He was already famed as the host of the [[Calydonian Boar|Calydonian boar hunt]] in the [[epic tradition]] that was reworked by [[Homer]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 9.529–99</ref> Meleager is also mentioned as one of the [[Argonauts]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Meleager 1.9.16]</ref>